Boxing-glove.



D. J. KENNEDY.

BOXING GLOVE.

APPLICATION nun MAR. 21, 1911.

Patented Apr. 1,1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WitrieSses 2 D. J. KENNEDY.

BOXING GLOVE.

. APPLICATION IILED MAR. 21, 1911.

1,057,848. v Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

ven F Witnesses I w A r b V 4 r Attorneys DANIEL KENNEDY, 0F YONKERS,NEW YORK.

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BOXING-GLOVE.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Application filed March 21,1911. Serial No. 615,824.

Patenjed Apr. 1, i913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. KENNEDY, a ,citizen of the United States,residing at Yonkers, in-the county of Westchester and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Boxing Glove, of which. the following isa specification. v

This invention relates to an improvement in boxing gloves.

The primary object of said invention is to provide a boin'ng glove witha pneumatic striking surface which will form an eifectlve cushion andwhich will be of such construction as to withstand the impact to whichthe striking surface is-subjected.

- A further object is to so constructv the cushion that the same maybereadily positioned inthe ordinary type of glove without materiallaltering its construction.

With the oregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de.scribed and claimed, it being understood that changlesin the preciseembodiment of.

invention erein disclosed can be made within the scope of what isclaimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a glove providedwith the cushion, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cushion removed, F g. 3'is a plan view of a slightly modified form ofcus 'on, Fig. 4 is asection taken on the line H of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is a section taken onthe line 55 of Fig. 2, the cushion being deflated. Fig. 6 is a sectionon the line 66 of Fig. 3.

In the preferred form a glove 10 which is of the usual'construction andwhich would normally have the pocket 11 filled with hair or otherpadding, is provided'with a-cu'shion 12 illustrated in top plan in Fi 2,said cushion being arranged within t e pocket 11, the extension 12 beinginserted within the thumb shield 12" of the glove.

' pocket, being stitched to the same at the.

The cushion consists of the rubber casing12 which is of suchconstruction that the same 11, the wall 13 of said casing which isnonelastic contactin with the wall 1450f the points 1d, 14 and the wall15 of the casing which is elastic contacting with the outer wall 17 ofthepOcket. The, inner walls of the casing are connected by members 1818' when the cushion is deflated.

versely extending substantially rectangular 1 strips, the edges of whichare formed with flaps which are gummed to the casing, said strips beingso formed as to bend on the line members limit the expansion'of the bag,the bag being inflated by means of a tube 19, said members '18 varyingin width, the centrally disposed members being of greater" width thanthe end members as the casing is inflated to a greater extent at itscenter "than at its ends, the peculiar arrangement-of the members 18allowing the casing when inflated to follow the curvature of the wall14, thus assuring an even striking surface.

These 1 The members 18 as will be seen by referring to Fig. 2, not onlyvary in width, but the same are so positioned within the casing thatwhen the casing is inflated, the glove assumes the same form as if thehair padding were used.

In the-use of various paddin materials such'for instance as hair, it hasen found that the same becomes easily displaced and is at the same timeof a disadvantage owing to its weight. It will be noted that a device ofthis character will be light and durable, the cushion being evenldistributed. over the striking surface of the glove, the same being ofsuch construction as to assume the proper shape when inflated, thespacin members which connect theinner walls 0 the'casing being soarranged that the same fold as shown in Fig. 1 when pressure is appliedto the glove.

In the form shown in cushion consists ofa plurality of air chambers 20which are connected with an. air supply tube 21 andwhich are secured toa suitable piece of non-elastic material 23, the

Figs. 3 and 4, the

margin 23 of which is gummed, asimilar Q piece ofmaterial- 24 beingsecured to the ma tonal 23 to cover the chambers 20, this material 24.,however, being elastic. In this cket formed.

tral' portions of 'said chambers being contracted and connected by the'shortsections of the tube 27. The edge portion of each chamber isadapted to overlap the edge of an adjacent chamber at points on eitherside of the contracted central portion, thus assur ing an even strikingsurface.

The many advantages of a glove constructed in this manner will beclearly ap-' parent as the same not only forms a light and consequentlyeasily handled glove, but, at the same time, the construction is suchthat when the. cushion is-deflated, the glove may be convenientl folded,the samein its folded condition tailing up but little space.

Particular attention is called to the construction of the spacing strips18 in the preferred form and the qnianner in which the same arepositioned in order to assure an even distribution, of the cushion, themany advantages of the even striking surface becushions or chamber beingbeveled to conform to the curvature of the pocket in the glove, andoverlapped to assure an even striking surface.

It will be seen that the cushion may be easily and cheaply manufacturedand the same readily positionediwithin a glove, there being but slightalteration necessary in the glove construction.

What is claimed is In an article of the class described, a glove formedwith a pocket, a pneumatic cushion arranged in the pocket and formedwith an elastic and a non-elastic wall, a lurality of imperforatetransversely disposed strips arranged Within the cushion and terminatingshort of the sides thereof'and connecting the walls to divide thecushion into a plurality of sections freely movable with respect to eachother, said strips constituting means for maintaining the elastic andnon-elastic walls substantially straight from one side to the other ofthe cushion, and means for inflating the cushion. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of'two witnesses. DANIEL J. KENNEDY.Witnesses:

VINCENT J. STABIL, W. CHANTLER AnBUoKLn

